When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release.
There's always something that draws you away from the original script. - Roger Corman
There's always something that draws you away from the original script.
- Roger Corman
In science-fiction films the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady. - Roger Corman
In science-fiction films the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady.
In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman. - Roger Corman
In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman.
Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this c… - Roger Corman
Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this c…
I think one of the reasons movies are the quintessential modern art form is that it is partially a business. The director needs a crew - the writer, … - Roger Corman
I think one of the reasons movies are the quintessential modern art form is that it is partially a business. The director needs a crew - the writer, …
The safest genre is the horror film. But the most unsafe - the most dangerous - is comedy. Because even if your horror film isn't very good, you'll g… - Roger Corman
The safest genre is the horror film. But the most unsafe - the most dangerous - is comedy. Because even if your horror film isn't very good, you'll g…
One of the worst things you can do is have a limited budget and try to do some big looking film. That's when you end up with very bad work. - Roger Corman
One of the worst things you can do is have a limited budget and try to do some big looking film. That's when you end up with very bad work.
When you're talking horror or sci-fi, you're working in a genre that has loosely certain thematic elements, or, you could even call them rules. But r… - Roger Corman
When you're talking horror or sci-fi, you're working in a genre that has loosely certain thematic elements, or, you could even call them rules. But r…
Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make mone… - Roger Corman
Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make mone…
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